[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 670 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 107
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 670

                          [Report No. 112-162]

 To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in 
  its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa 
                     have in their submerged lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2011

   Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Honda, Mr. Boren, Mr. Flake, 
 Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Baca, Ms. Lee of 
 California, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
   Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, and Mr. George Miller of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                             July 20, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
 To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in 
  its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa 
                     have in their submerged lands.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN SUBMERGED LANDS TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF 
              THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    (a) In General.--The first section of Public Law 93-435 (48 U.S.C. 
1705) is amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,'' each place it appears.
    (b) References to Date of Enactment.--For the purposes of the 
amendment made by subsection (a), each reference in Public Law 93-435 
(48 U.S.C. 1705) to the ``date of enactment'' shall be considered to be 
a reference to the date of the enactment of this section.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 107

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 670

                          [Report No. 112-162]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in 
  its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa 
                     have in their submerged lands.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 20, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed